Apparatus for recovering products from vegetable matter.



110.840,362: PATENTED JAN. 1, 1907. l R. H. PARTRIDGE.

APPARATUS PoR RBGOVBRING PRODUCTS FROM VBGBTABLE MATTER.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 21, 1905.

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ROBERT H. PARTRIDGE, F BROADRUN, VIRGINIA. APPARATUS FOR RQOVERING PRODUCTS FROM vl-:eETABLE MATTER.

'To 'all whom 7125v may concern.-

VBe it `known that I, ROBERT II. PARTETDGE, of Broadrun, in the county of Fauquier and State of- Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Recovering Products from Vegetable Matter; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains-to make and use the same. 4

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in apparatus for recovering products from vegetable matter.

The invention has for its object'the pro,- ductionof an apparatus by means of which alcohol, acetic acid, acetone, creosote, tar, vand other similar products may be economically produced and the residuum converted zo into charcoal.

3o ing after the extraction of tannic acid acvss cording to the method described in my pending application for patent, Serial No. 23 1,489, filed November 5, 1904; but the same is not limited in this particular, as other materials, such as mill Waste and the like,.may be utilized for the same purpose, or Where such waste products are not-available the wood may be specially prepared for treatment according to the present invention.

The material to be treated is first pressed into any desired shape by means not shown, and the briquets thus formed are loaded into a car 40., composed of sheet metal, the sides thereof being bolted to angle-uprights 42,

whereby said cars may expand and contract connection 46.

without pulling the securingfrivets loose. Each car is also provided with a lid 43, having a hinged or removable cap 44 and a perforated coil 45, provided with a coupling or When the car has been placed in oven 41, the cap 44 is swung back or removed, the car being placed directly b eneath the dome 46. -By `means of a shaft 47 and gear 47 .said dome .is adjusted verti- 5 5 cally. The dome 46 is provided with an out- ,let-sleeve 48, ,which communicates'with a Specification of Letters Patent. application sie@ August 21,1905. sean No. 275.103..

.tion in the sizes of the cars.

' Patented Jan. 1, 1907.

vpipe 49, the latter 'pipe leading to a con'- denser. (Not shown.) resulting distillation passes out through the condenser in the forni of fuel-gas and after being passed through a suitable washer (not shown) is conducted by pipe 53 to burners under the oven 41, where it is utilized as part of the heating medium of the latter. i The other products ofthe distillation-such as alcohol, acetic a'cid, acetone, creosote, tar, Sac-after leaving the condenser are recovered in any preferred manner. The briquets in car 40 under the action of the heat are relieved of all moisture and converted into charcoal. In order to remove the same, the cap 44 is `closed and the car withdrawn from the oven. Before removing the lid 43, however, water is sprayed upon the briquets to cool them andprevent ignition when said lid- .or cover is removed.

The advantagesand operation of my improved apparatus will be at once .apparent from the foregoing. It will be particularly observed that I have produced means for distilling wood and at thesame time converting the Asame into charcoal and that the same is specially adapted for the treatment of waste products. It will also be observed that by providing an adjustable dome the saine may be readily elevated so as not to interfere with the car as it enters the oven and also to allow the same to be lowered closely over the car after the latter enters the oven to insure the catching of all vapors. It also permits varia- It Will also be observed that I have produced simple Aand efficient means for securing the adjustability of the dome.

I claim as my invention- 1. An apparatus of the character described comprising an oven, a receptacle adapted to be placed therein, an adjustable dome located in said oven, and means connected with said dome for conducting off the vapors arising from said receptacle.

2. n apparatus of the character described comprising an oven, a receptacle removably located therein and provided with an outletopening, a conduit for conductin off the vapors passing through said out et-opening, and ladjustable means interposed 'between said outlet and said conduit for directing the vapors into said conduit.

3. Ari apparatus of the character described comprising an oven, a normally closed receptacle removablylooated therein, an adjust- One product of the IOO able dome located in said oven above said receptacle, said receptacle and dome rovided with outlets in line with each otller7 and means connected With said dome for conducting orf the vapors passing out of said outletopening. l

4. An apparatus of the character described comprising an oven, a normally closed receptacle located therein and provided With an outlet-opening, a dome located insaid oven above said receptacle, means for adjusting said dome, and means connected with said dome for conducting off the vapors passing out of the outlet-opening of said receptacle.

5. An apparatus of the character described comprising an oven, a normally closed receptacle therein provided with an outlet-opening, adome located in said oven and provided with an outlet-sleeve located in juxtaposition with said outlet-opening7 and means connected with said sleeve for conducting 0H the vapors passing through said outlet-opening.

6. An apparatus of the character described comprising an oven, a normally closed receptacle located therein and provided with an outlet-opening, a dome located in said oven land provided with an outlet-sleeve located in juxtaposition to the outlet-opening of said receptacle, means for adjustin said dome, and means connected with said sleeve for conducting oil the vapors passing through lsaid outlets.

' 7 -An apparatus of the character described comprising an oven, a normally closedlreceptacle located therein and provided with an outlet-opening, and provided with an outlet located in juxtaposition With the outlet-opening in said receptacle, and a pipe leading from the outlet 4of said dome.

8. An apparatus of the character described comprising an oven7 a closed car or receptacle provided with a removable cover having an outlet-opening, a closure for said opening, a spray-pipe located in said car, and means connected with said oven for conducting off the vapors passing through said outlet-opengIn testimony whereof I have signed this speciiication inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ROBERT `H. PARTRIDGE. Witnesses:

M. E. PALMER, W. H. DAvIs.

a dome located in said oven 

